Dark Eldar video: Wracks and Haemonculus

Warhammer 40,000: NEW Dark Eldar: http://youtu.be/pncGcM_Bqds

Coven, Coven everywhere......

Hello and welcome back to the webway!

With the new Dark Eldar codex around the corner, the seeping pain from my wallet has finally begun. 

Now I will be honest, I hated the old new haemonculus as I really hated the darn crucified Jesus look, and preferred the older models (I am fortunate to get enough of them). And I always asked myself, why did GW even approved the idiot?

He was one of the models I really hoped they would remake but I really doubt that it will happen. And then this happened......

And my reaction was......

I mean look at the details and also the aesthetic......this thing is exactly how I imagine a Haemonculus to be. Not too much on the armour and bondage, but more flesh and also less retarded pose and weird spider arms. This model has the right amount of everything.

Suffice to say, despite my general abhorrence to single model plastic, I will make an exception for this guy.

Along with the Haemonculus, came what is perhaps one of the most requested models to be turned into plastic for all Dark Eldar players everywhere; Wracks.

 Now this guys.....I always loved them, and indeed I bought like 5 boxes of them while they are in finecast. However, my experiences with them when it comes to building material is more or less iffy as they are more fragile than even the normal Dark Eldar plastics and that stopped me from buying more. I knew that if GW wants to take our money, they better make these guys plastic.

Suffice to say I am quite happy with this decision.

They are a subtle kind of upgrade to the Finecast wracks and indeed for a person who have no idea about these guys, they looked the same. However to a Dark Eldar connoisseur, there are a few differences that could be spotted right away. For one, the masks have a little more variety now, and also the boney racks are quite different from the Finecast ones. I also noticed that they now have a little more variety on their clubs as well.

Now we move on to the more obvious things.....
 

 Weapon-wise, I knew this would have to happen and being plastic means having a new weapon option, and the name of this baby is the Ossefactor. For some reason, I have a hunch that it is a weapon that wounds depending upon toughness value or something that affects that. Hearing that they could get power mauls also interests me, as I really wonder what would be the true benefit of that. It is nice, but I really am rather fond of the poisoned weapons. Scissorshand is now in plastic, but I think it would not truly have a grand difference in the game (unless they make it like a flesh gauntlet).

Another fun thing I noticed is that now they gave you the parts to make Wrack pilots and gunners, which is a nice thing for all the coven players out there.

The White Dwarf also gave us a weird new mini-game to play with, but I really don't bother too much with this.

 There is also a weird new spray that will be coming with these releases, and I kinda have a feeling I know what would the colour be. Nonetheless it is a nice thing.

However my greatest nergasm is about to come, as this is shown at the end of the book;

I reallllllly want the darn Voidraven, and I really want it to be a dual kit like the Stormfang/Stormtalon, and I know I will get 3 of each if that happens! I am a dumbass that way, but hey I love Dark Eldar!

Gamewise, I am honestly not too bothered with the soon-to-be changes as I really have a stupidly large Dark Eldar army that I know will withstand the test of time.

I am pleased so far with the releases, as it captures the feel of the Covens the way I always imagined them to be. Now if only they release those Grotesque in plastic.......but that is a tall order of a dream for now.

1750 pts Reavers Concept List

Heya all and welcome back!

As I looked at the Reaver jetbikes I painted a while ago, I wondered what kind of nonsense would allow me to use 18 Reavers in an effective way but at the same time also fun for myself. Suddenly an odd inspiration struck and I went to work immediately to make a list for the fun of it.

Reaver concept (1749pts)

1750pt Dark Eldar 6th Ed (2010), Eldar Roster (Standard, Allied Detachment)

Dark Eldar 6th Ed (2010) (Standard) Selections:

HQ (105pts)

• Baron Sathonyx (105pts)
  Bones of the Seer, Fleet, Hit and Run, Independent Character, Master of the Skies, Night Vision, Power from Pain, Twilight Shroud
  Hellglaive, Phantasm Grenade Launcher, Shadowfield, Splinter Pistol, Wychsuit
  • Custom Skyboard
    Splinter Pods

Troops (625pts)

• Kabalite Warriors (125pts)
  Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain
  • 4x Kabalite Warrior (36pts)
    4x Splinter Rifle
  • Kabalite Warrior with assault weapon (24pts)
    Blaster (15pts)
  • Venom (65pts)
    Flickerfield, Splinter Cannon (10pts)
• Kabalite Warriors (125pts)
  Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain
  • 4x Kabalite Warrior (36pts)
    4x Splinter Rifle
  • Kabalite Warrior with assault weapon (24pts)
    Blaster (15pts)
  • Venom (65pts)
    Flickerfield, Splinter Cannon (10pts)
• Kabalite Warriors (125pts)
  Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain
  • 4x Kabalite Warrior (36pts)
    4x Splinter Rifle
  • Kabalite Warrior with assault weapon (24pts)
    Blaster (15pts)
  • Venom (65pts)
    Flickerfield, Splinter Cannon (10pts)
• Kabalite Warriors (125pts)
  Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain
  • 4x Kabalite Warrior (36pts)
    4x Splinter Rifle
  • Kabalite Warrior with assault weapon (24pts)
    Blaster (15pts)
  • Venom (65pts)
    Flickerfield, Splinter Cannon (10pts)
• Kabalite Warriors (125pts)
  Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain
  • 4x Kabalite Warrior (36pts)
    4x Splinter Rifle
  • Kabalite Warrior with assault weapon (24pts)
    Blaster (15pts)
  • Venom (65pts)
    Flickerfield, Splinter Cannon (10pts)

Fast Attack (516pts)

• Reaver Jetbikes (258pts)
  Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain, Skilled Riders
  3x Blaster (45pts), 9x Jetbikes (198pts)
  • Arena Champion Upgrade (15pts)
    Venom Blade (5pts)
• Reaver Jetbikes (258pts)
  Fleet, Night Vision, Power from Pain, Skilled Riders
  3x Blaster (45pts), 9x Jetbikes (198pts)
  • Arena Champion Upgrade (15pts)
    Venom Blade (5pts)

Heavy Support (315pts)

• Ravager (105pts)
  Aerial Assault, Night Vision
  Dark Lance, Dark Lance, Dark Lance
• Ravager (105pts)
  Aerial Assault, Night Vision
  Dark Lance, Dark Lance, Dark Lance
• Ravager (105pts)
  Aerial Assault, Night Vision
  Dark Lance, Dark Lance, Dark Lance

Eldar (Allied Detachment) Selections:

HQ (120pts)

• Farseer (120pts)
  Ancient Doom, Battle Focus, Fleet, Independent Character, Psyker ML3
  Eldar Jetbike (15pts) (Bladestorm), Singing Spear (5pts)

Troops (68pts)

• Windrider Jetbike Squad (68pts)
  Windrider Guardian (17pts) (Ancient Doom, Battle Focus, Bladestorm), Windrider Guardian (17pts) (Ancient Doom, Battle Focus, Bladestorm), Windrider Guardian (17pts) (Ancient Doom, Battle Focus, Bladestorm), Windrider Guardian (17pts) (Ancient Doom, Battle Focus, Bladestorm)

This is what I came up with. I did not take the heat lances for the Reavers as I wanted the range and also the Str 8. Also this list has a lot of soft counters towards flyers.

So what do you guys think of this odd list?

Back from the doomlands!!!!

Heya all,

It's been a bloody while since I have written in this blog, and that is due to the commitments in life other than those of 40k but with the next term coming, I can finally say that I am going to graduate! Yay! I managed to play some games, but I have not written a battle report in a long while. Very soon........


As for the 40k scene I have essentially missed out on a number of things, mainly those of the Daemons releases and stuff, and I have to say after getting the book I can see that Daemons have a drastic rewrite and the book is a very odd mix of both power and randomness, but one that works somehow. My Mono-Tzeentch army will see a lot of models coming its way and I managed to get myself some of the old metal models from both the 1st-2nd edition era and the 3rd -4th edition models (both of which are better than the plastic ones in my honest opinions) to last me for a long time ahead.

I really can't wait to jump in to my Daemons once I return to Malaysia, as I truly enjoy Daemons for precisely that freaky random reason! Some people are moaning, but honestly if you are a hardcore tournament player you can either discard the book or make a broken army out of it. That's how I always see any army book.

And then the rumours of the Tau strikes back......

(Shwon below is my reaction)

I am honestly quite happy that the Tau are finally getting an update, but at the same time I hope that it is not a sad one. So far I am reading the rumours but nonetheless I find myself just waiting for the book so that I know what to expect. Tau is my first love and is the faction that I started playing to learn 40k, and thus I dearly hoped that they could keep the flavour of the Tau just as they have done with the other 6th edition books so far.

And then there are the new GW policies that people are moaning about and also the Miniwargaming video, and honestly I will just say that I love the hobby but I can no longer defend it. Everyone is entitled to what they think, and there are some good reasons and some bad reasons about why GW did what they did. Based upon my personal experience with a friend who used to be a GW distributor, I can say that GW sometimes expect too much from a retailer.

With that I bid thee adieu!

Death From the Skies

Heya all and welcome back.

It seems that finally that ' (Fill in Season) of Flyers" is now back and official, though it does not go by that name anymore.


From Faeit 212

OK readers, its now official. I have the information for what will be in Death from the Skies and of course I am sharing all of it that I am allowed to. Here are the details.

No longer a rumor. Even I had concerns the image above was photoshop'd, but it is the real cover. There are no flyer releases listed out from what I have seen. Hopefully next month?

I also wonder which version of the Stormraven codex Space Marines and Black Templar will be able to use.

Death From the Skies (Direct only – Range item) 60040199031
sale through Direct on Saturday 16th February (no advanced order)
•A 72p full colour, softback, Warhammer 40,000 Compendium
•Contains a fantastic showcase of flyers available to collectors,
beautifully painted by the ‘Eavy Metal team
•Contains all the updated 6th Edition rules for the following Flyers:
- Stormraven (that can now be used in Codex: Space Marines and Codex: Black Templars)
and Stormtalon Gunship
- Valkyrie and Vendetta
- Ork Dakka Jet, Burna Bommer and Blitza Bommer
- Necron Night Scythe and Doom Scythe
- Dark Eldar Razorwing and Void Raven

•Includes the rules for the Space Marine Stormtalon Gunship and Ork
Bommer previously available in WD
•Contains cool new content – new scenarios as well as the Dog-fighting
rules from Crusade of Fire
•This compendium will be promoted on the web and by the blog
•English language only
•Please note: This product will go out of stock for short periods if
demand is high

This is a rather interesting book if some of these were even true, as that would mean that there may be some alteration to the rules of some of the flyers we had known and love/hate. I for one am interested if Dark Eldar flyers would get the Vector Dancer rule, as that would be golden on all the Dark Eldar flyers. I mean, the flyers themselves are kinda alright but with Vector Dancer in the mix, the Dark Eldar aircrafts will be dogfighters extraordinaire and could even kill the Stormraven by vectoring behind it and shoot it down, especially with the Void Lance, as that is a guaranteed penetration on back armor and also at least it will force the Stormraven to jink.

Leaked Dark Angels model pics

Well some leaks and I could see some fun models to look at. Starting them is another question though.

Chaos Space Marine Codex

Sweet Mother of Mercy, it is the first hardcover 40k codex! And there's even the Collector's Edition one! I dunno if I should buy them both!

Even more Chaos nonsense!!!!

Damn Chaos has returned with a dark vengeance (no pun intended) and now we get these bunch of things. Chaos Boon table is just filled with madness, as you would need a Daemon prince on the table soon enough on standby just in case your Chaos Lord decides to become a Daemon Prince!

From Faeit 212:

Army special rules, marks, icons and more are here from the White Dwarf. Once again apparently there are lots of people with this White Dwarf, and apparently I get left out of the fun. However there are lots of people posting these things online in photo albums, forums, and other sites, so we get to share in the fun for a short bit until we get our copies on Saturday.

These are via Tompi3 from his online photo album. Some of these duplicate, and some are new to me. Enjoy.



Chaos Boon table (D66 pick 2d6, one is your tens and the other is your ones) 
These all have names but I will leave you to find them out yourselves 
You have to win a challenge to roll on this table 
11-16 - Nothing 
21-22 - Replace model with Chaos Spawn 
23 - +1 Attack 
24 - Eternal Warrior 
25 - +1 Strength 
26 - +1 BS 
31 - +1 Initiative 
32 - Return to full wounds, if unwounded gain +1 Wound 
33 - +1 Toughness 
34 - Shrouded 
35 - Armour Save improves by 1 
36 - Melee weapon has Fleshbane 
41 - Passing a Deny the Witch roll makes enemy Psyker take a Str 6 AP 2 hit 
42 - Re-roll failed armour saves 
43 - Melee attacks are Poisoned 
44 - Crusader 
45 - Hammer of Wrath 
46 - Icy Aura (enemy models in base contact take a Str 4 AP 5 hit at Initiative Step 1) 
51 - Adamantium Will 
52 - A ranged weapon has +1 Strength 
53 - Hatred (Everything!) 
54 - Shred 
55 - Melee attacks have instant death 
56 - +1 WS 
61 - Stubborn 
62 - Fleet 
63 - Feel No Pain 
64 - Roll another d3+1 on this table (re-rolling Spawnhood and Apotheosis) 
65-66 - Replace model with Daemon Prince 

Warlord Traits 
1 - Friendly units within 12" of Warlord have Preferred Enemy (Space Marines) 
2 - Melee weapons belonging to the Warlord and his unit have Soulblaze 
3 - D3 infantry units may infiltrate (could this be new Creed???) 
4 - Warlord and unit have hatred (everything!) 
5 - Warlord causes Fear 
6 - Warlord may re-roll Chaos Boons 

Thanks to Bramgaunt: 
So. Here are Pschic Powers and some special rules. (Note that I translate them myself, so names may differ in the actual Codex...) 

Armor: 
Improvised Armor: 6+ Save 
Powerarmor: 3+ Save 
Terminator Armor: Same as loyalist 
Fleshmetal: 2+ Armor 

wargear: 
Chaos Bike: SM Bike 
Infernal Ammunition: AP3 
Mechadrites: +2 A, includes 1 Meltagun and 1 Flamer 
Plague Grenades: Mark of Nurgle only - Model carries Offensive and Defensive grenades 
Seal of Corruption: 4+ Invulnerable Save 
Jetpack 

Gifts of Chaos 
Aura of Dark Glory: 5+ Invulnerable Save 
Gift of Mutation: Ahead of Deployment, roll once on the "Rewards of Chaos" table 
Battle-familiar: Model gains 2 additional S4 AP- attacks 
Wizard's familiar: Model may reroll failed Psychic tests 
Warpblood: Everyime a model with Warpblood suffers an unsaved wound, the unit that caused this wound suffers 1 S3 AP4 hit. (it appears this is not limited to close combat) 

Palanquin of Nurgle: Model gains +2 Wounds and +1 Attack and gets the Very bulky special rule 
Bloodcrusher of Khorne: Model gains +1 Toughness, +1 Attack and +1 Wound and changes it's unit type to cavallery 
Steed of Slaanesh: Model changes it's unit type to cavallery. It runs +3 inces. Gains accurate senses and Outflank special rule and is granted +1 attack 
Disk of Tzeentch: Model changes it's unit type to Jetbike and gains +1 Attack 

Icons of Chaos 
All Icons grant +1 on Combat Resolution 
Icon of Revenge: Unit is Fearless 
Icon of Flames: Mark of Tzeentch Only: Boltguns, Heavy Boltguns and Bolt Pistols have the Soul Blaze Special Rule 
Icon of Rage: Furious Charge, Unit may reroll Charge Distance 
Icon of Despair: Mark of Nurgle only: Unit causes Fear 
Icon of Ecess: Mark of Slaanesh Only: Unit gains Feel no Pain 

Marks of Chaos 
Mark of Khorne: Berserker, Counter-attack 
Mark of Nurgle: +1 Toughness 
Mark of Tzeentch: Invulnerable Saves improved by 1 
Mark of Slaanesh: +1 Initiative. 

Mark of Nurgle, Mark of Tzeentch, Mark of Slaanesh: If they are given to a psyker, he must chose at least 1 psychic power of the appendant dicipline. 

Demonprince Upgrades 
Demon of Khorne: Hatred (Demons of Slaanesh), Furious Charge 
Demon of Slaanesh: Hatred (Demons of Khorne), Rending, Fleet of Foot, runs +3 inches 
Demon of Nurgle: Hatred (Demons of Tzeentch), Slow and Purposefull, Shrouded 
Demon of Tzeentch: Hatred (Demons of Nurgle), May Reroll all saves of 1 

Psyker: May chose psyonic powers from pyromancy, biomancy or telepathy. If he's a demon of Nurgle, Slaanesh or Tzeentch he must chose at least 1 psycic power from the appendant dicipline. 


Vehicle Upgrades: 
Destroyer-Blades: Causes D6 S5 AP - hits while performing a Tank shock. If a Unit choses Death or Glory it suffers 2D6 hits instead 
Warpflames: All ranged weapons have the Soul Blaze special rule 
Whipping Tentacles: Every model suffers -1 attack for each whipping tentacle it has base contact to. (very strange wording here...) 
Twin linked Boltgun: Duh. 
Siege shield: Vehicle automatically passes dangerous terrain tests 
Demon Engine: BS 3. Ignores Crew stunned and Crew shaken on rolls of 2+. When a unit embarks, roll a D6. On a roll of 1 you remove 1 random model as a casulty, and the vehicle regains 1 Hullpoint. 
Magma-cutters. If a Maulerfiend with Magmacutters hits with at least one of it's attacks, it generates 1 extra attack. If it hits with all of it's attacks, it generates 2 additional attacks. These attacks have Initiative 1, S8, AP1 and armorbane. 
Sonic Blaster: Enemy units within 6" may not perform defensive fire. 

Special Rules 
Obliterator Weapons: Kyborgs may chose one of the following weapons: Assault Canon, Heavy Flamer, 
lasCannon, Multimelta, Twinlinked Flamer, TL Plasmagun or TL meltagun. All obliterators must chose the same weapon. They may not chose the same weapon twice in a row. 
Mutilator Weapons: Pick one of the following at the start of any combat phase the mutilator is in close combat: Pair of: Lightning Claws, Chain Fists, Power Swords, Power Mauls. All Mutilators must pick the same weapon, and may not chose the same weapon two combat steps in a row. 

Might of the Soulforge: Once per game, at the beginning of a shooting or close combat phase, a model may unleash the might of the Soulforge to reroll all failed to wound/armor penetration rolls. It suffers a glancing hit at a roll of 1 at the end of the phase. 

Master of Machines: A Warpsmith may try to repair a friendly vehicle or curse an enemy vehicle. 
repair: Needs to be in b2b or within the vehicle. On a roll of 5+ (4+ with mechadrites) he restores a hullpoint or removes one weapon destroyed/immobilized result. 
Curse: Shooting attack: 18" range. If it hits, the enemy vehicles weapons have the 'gets hot' special rule. 


Psychic powers 
Discipline of Tzeentch 
Primary Power: Flames of Tzeentch Witchfire, Focus 1 
24", S5, AP-, Blast, Inferno (Inferno: Each unsaved wound causes an aditional D3 S3 AP - Hits) 

1-2: Gift of Mutation: Blessing: Focus 1: 
Friendly Character within 2" suffers a S4 AP-hit and ma roll on the "Rewards of Chaos" table 

3-4: Bolt of Corruption: Beam, Focus1 
18", S8, AP1, Detonation (If the target is an enemy vehicle and suffers a "Vehicle explodes" result the radius of the blast is 2d6 inches instead of D6 inches) 

5-6: Odem of Chaos Witchfire, Focus 2 
Template, S1, AP2, Poison (4+), corrosive. (corrosive: Vehicles hit suffer a glancing hit on a roll of 4+) 

Discipline of Nurgle 
Primary Power: Rot of Nurgle Witchfire, Focus 1 
6", Assault D6+1, Poison (4+), S2 AP 5. No effect on models of Nurgle (yes, model of Nurgle is the actual wording.) 

1-2: Weapon Virus: Curse, Fokus 1 
Range 24". All ranged weapons in the enemy unit have the "gets hot" special rule 

3-4: Plagued Present Curse, Fokus 1 
Range 48". Enemy unit rolls a D3: 
1: Corpsefliesinfestation: -1 attack, shrouded 
2: muscular atrophy: -1 Strength, may not run 
3: Liquifying Fever: -1 Strength and -1 toughness 

5-6: Plagued Wind Fokus 2, Witchfier 
12", S1, AP2, Assault 1, Blast (5"), Poison (4+) 


Discipline of Slaanesh 
Primary Power: Overload Witchfire, warp charge 1 
24" S4 AP4 Assault 4, concussive, Blind, Pinning 

1-2: hysterical frenzy Blessing, Warp Charge 1 
Pick non-vehicle unit within 12" and roll a D3 
1: +1 Initiative 
2: +1 Strength 
3: +1 Attack 

3-4: Symphony of Pain Curse, Warp Charge 1 
1 Enemy unit within 24 inches gets -1 BS and -1 WS. All ranged weapons directed at this unit get +1 Strength. 

5-6: extatic wince Witchfire, warp charge 2 
24": S: special, AP - Assault 1. 
Every nonvehicle model in the enemy unit suffers 1 hit with its own strength. 

Here are some additional pics....... from http://astropate.blogspot.com/2012/09/kit-di-modifica-per-gli-space-marine.html

Chaos Models Leaked pics and first thoughts

Heya all and the morning is abuzz with the new pics of the Chaos stuff. Only words I have to say......Dear Holy Terra!

First things first, the large plastic kita that encompasses the Chaos Flyer and two.....I don't even know what to call these things. Surprisingly for the Helldrake, the 'Dragon' concept that we have heard in the rumours was pulled out very well somehow. I still have my doubts, but nonetheless it is a very cool kit to have. As for the two things called the Forgefiend and Maulerfiend,  that's some huge ass things. But these kits remind me too much of Tyranids and for a Hobbyist that is willing to put in the extra effort the Helldrake can be converted into a Harpy.

Next item on the leakies, the Warp Talons a.k.a evil Vanguards. I actually like how they use the old Heresy-era jump packs to show their veterancy and I will say, I like the predatory look of these models. Lightning Claws and Talons? Damn. However, the main thing about them would be; are they loaded with other weapon alternatives than Lightning Claws? This would also serve as a good basis for a Jump Pack Chaos Lord if one wants dynamic poses for their Lord. Night Lord players would love this.

Last but not least, perhaps the one I am most fond of among all the leaked items; The Warpsmith. My word this model is just really cool model. It has that commanding pose, and it looks very sinister. Hope that its role in the Chaos list would be viable enough for its inclusion into other Chaos Lists.

Cultist entry

Apparently the 'leaked' stats for the cultist is out and ftom this little thing we can see a few things that are of interest.

1) Cultist are fucken cheap! 100 pts for a 30-man squad guardsmen makes them even better than grots for sitting on objectives. I could see how people who want to load up on nice toys would take them. However you do get what you pay for. If there is some cheap elite chappie of some kind to make them hold their ground they would be quite an objective sitter.

2) Weapon options are quite subpar in a way as you either get the close combat version or the shooty version and get upgrades that are limited to said roles. If the shooty ones could get the grenade launchers they woukd not be bad but alas....

3) Icons are cheap. But what they do is anyone's guess now.

4) What is 'servants of chaos'? Is this a simple usr for chaos or is this some sort of tax on the cultists?